The chill of autumn is just settling into Holmes County, Ohio, when Bishop Leon Shetler is startled out of his morning reverie by the words, "I just killed Glenn Spiegle." No one, least of all Sheriff Robertson, believes that gentle Crist Burkholder could actually be a murderer, but the young man is adamant that he killed his romantic rival to win Vesta Miller. When Robertson's investigation uncovers two potentially related murders in Florida, Mike Branden heads south with detective Ricky Niell to unravel the connection between Spiegle and the far-flung Amish outpost of Pinecraft on the shores of Sarasota Bay, in this seventh Amish Country mystery. P.L. Gaus's "fascinating multicultural mystery" series (Booklist) explores the moral and legal conundrums of Professor Michael Branden, Sheriff Bruce Robertson, and Pastor Cal Troyer as they set out to uncover truths hidden away in their otherwise quiet corner of the world. Here Gaus paints "a sensitive account of the impact on this community when outsiders (that is, the cops) descend to deal with an Amish youth who has confessed to the murder of his fiancée's older, richer, and very persistent admirer."—NYTBR